Any tips for horses that are total PITA's when taken to shows/events together, but expected to work separately/one at a time?
Taken individually, they are fine, but take them both together?!!! They were like that annoying crying baby on the train that you just want to slap:devil:
One is a 16.2 mare, the other is a 14.2 gelding. They live together as part of a herd of four. They are not particularly attached to each other within the herd. At home, each can be taken out and worked separately without any hassle.
At the show, they CONSTANTLY whinnied and called to each other, neither concentrated on their job, if I tried to put one away in the trailer it made things worse.
If I take them somewhere where they work together, they aren't too bad, eg pair huntertrials or hunting, though they stress if another horse gets inbetween them.
growling/shaking the reins when they whinny made no difference. Trying to make them listen to the rider by doing serpentines/changes of pace etc was a success - for about 3 minutes.
I really don't want to resort to only taking one at a time, and they have been like this for ages, so what can I do???:help:
Taken individually, they are fine, but take them both together?!!! They were like that annoying crying baby on the train that you just want to slap:devil:
One is a 16.2 mare, the other is a 14.2 gelding. They live together as part of a herd of four. They are not particularly attached to each other within the herd. At home, each can be taken out and worked separately without any hassle.
At the show, they CONSTANTLY whinnied and called to each other, neither concentrated on their job, if I tried to put one away in the trailer it made things worse.
If I take them somewhere where they work together, they aren't too bad, eg pair huntertrials or hunting, though they stress if another horse gets inbetween them.
growling/shaking the reins when they whinny made no difference. Trying to make them listen to the rider by doing serpentines/changes of pace etc was a success - for about 3 minutes.
I really don't want to resort to only taking one at a time, and they have been like this for ages, so what can I do???:help: